Post by superfurryanimal on Nov 2, 2011 19:31:26 GMT -5

IntroductionIn the small, friendly music community of Bonnaroo, a crafty Mafia have infiltrated the population. Every night these Mafiosi decide amongst themselves who to ruthlessly assassinate. At the beginning of each morning, people learn that one of their own has been killed.

Every day, the population gathers to discuss whom they think is a member of the Mafia. There is a vote, and the one with the majority is executed. The Townspeople must do this in order to clean Bonnaroo of the Mafia and restore its peaceful vibe. However, if the Mafia are able, through disrupting the votes and performing their assassinations, to eliminate Townspeople to the point that they are in the majority, they will rule Bonnaroo forever.

Thus, the Townspeople's great hope is the Inspector. This is a secret figure, known only to him or herself, that has inside information on the identity of the Mafiosi. S/he can covertly use this information to influence the votes towards the Mafiosi. But s/he better watch his/her step, because if the Mafia gets wind it will be lights out.Good luck.

Rules1) The Referee randomly chooses from the 11 players three Mafiosi and one Inspector. All the rest are Townspeople. Each player is informed of their role via PM, and are not allowed to share that information with one another except in the official Mafia game thread. The Mafia are informed of one another's identity, and they are allowed to converse among themselves via PM. To put it plainly:a) If you are not a member of the mafia, do not discuss the mafia game outside the mafia thread with any other player or with any non-player who might discuss the game with a player. b) If you are a member of the mafia, you may discuss the game freely among your fellow mafia only. Do not discuss the game outside of this thread with any non-mafia player.

2) The Inspector is informed of his/her part, and also of the identity of one randomly chosen Mafia player.

3) Each day a vote is held for the player to be eliminated. For online play, deliberation and voting is combined; thus, you can vote and explain yourself in the same post. Every player is free to change their vote at any point up until the last vote is in and the Ref declares that voting is closed. The Referee will then post the final tally, and announce which player is eliminated and how they died. Then will begin the following Night.

4) During the Night, the Mafia decide on the player they want to eliminate (assassinate), and inform the Referee via PM. Once the Referee receives this info, it is posted here in the thread, the player is eliminated, and the following Day begins.

5) Likewise during the night the Inspector will PM the Referee and guess one player's Mafia status. The Referee will respond with a 'yes' or 'no' answer.

6) Play continues until all the Mafia have been killed (Townspeople win), or the Mafia outnumber the Townspeople (Mafia win).

7) Player roles will not be revealed until the game has concluded.

8) AKA The Bek Rule: Players who have been eliminated are still welcome to post in this thread, but are asked to not say anything leading to any knowledge, suspicions or opinions you might have.

9) I'll do the death stories/videos.

10) AKA The kdogg Rule: There will be no sharing of role PMs inside the thread or outside for the purpose of disclosing your role to another player. This also goes for password sharing. Common sense should be used, no discussion of your roles, except between Mafia, outside the thread - EVER.

11) Voting will be open for 36 hours each round, or until everyone has cast their vote - whichever comes first. Voting will never follow the 36-hour rule on the weekends. The Referee will only ever close voting on a Saturday or Sunday if all players have already cast their vote. If a player has not voted by that time, their vote will not be counted. If a player misses two votes, they are out of the game regardless of how good your reason is. When it is decided that a player is out, they will be killed off during the day alongside whoever would have been killed by vote.a) If the Inspector has not made a guess within 36 hours during a Night round, the Inspector will forfeit that guess.b) If the Mafia have not reported a whack victim within 36 hours during a Night round, the Mafia will forfeit that whack and the Townspeople will receive another round of voting during that Night round to offset the missed whack.

12) The Referee shall neither answer an Inspector's inquiry nor execute a Mafia's chosen victim until after having received both the Inspector's inquiry and the Mafia's chosen victim. If the Inspector is the victim, the Inspector is not owed an answer from the Referee. The Referee shall only accept victim names from living Mafia players.

13) AKA The Bacon Rule: The bigger the whiner, the smaller the wiener.

Post by El-D on Nov 2, 2011 19:47:35 GMT -5

There are pretenders among us. Geniuses who have the power to be anyone that they want to be.

Three people snuck into the small, friendly music community of Bonnaroo looking for blood. They pretend to be friendly and music loving like the rest of us. But they are nothing more than serial killers, vile and vicious - and will stop at nothing to destroy Bonnaroo, to quench their thirst for murder.

And that is where I come in... *cracks knuckles*

My name is Dexter Lowery, deputy at the Coffee County Sheriff's Department. My job is simple, stop three murderers from creating havoc in our community.

With the help of the CCSD Inspector and six fellow townies in Bonnaroo, together we will stomp out these three Mafia and send them to the fate which they want to deliver to us. They wanted war? They got it...

Post by jhammett on Nov 2, 2011 20:04:19 GMT -5

There are pretenders among us. Geniuses who have the power to be anyone that they want to be.

Three people snuck into the small, friendly music community of Bonnaroo looking for blood. They pretend to be friendly and music loving like the rest of us. But they are nothing more than serial killers, vile and vicious - and will stop at nothing to destroy Bonnaroo, to quench their thirst for murder.

And that is where I come in... *cracks knuckles*

My name is Dexter Lowery, deputy at the Coffee County Sheriff's Department. My job is simple, stop three murderers from creating havoc in our community.

With the help of the CCSD Inspector and six fellow townies in Bonnaroo, together we will stomp out these three Mafia and send them to the fate which they want to deliver to us. They wanted war? They got it...

What in the efff? Now that I have spent some time with LD, this all makes perfect sense.

In your professional opinion, having spent time in the company of him, do you find lowerdeck to be suffering from schizophrenia, psychosis, or dissociative identity disorder? Nobody has even voted yet, and I'm already confused.

Post by El-D on Nov 2, 2011 20:19:10 GMT -5

What in the efff? Now that I have spent some time with LD, this all makes perfect sense.

In your professional opinion, having spent time in the company of him, do you find lowerdeck to be suffering from schizophrenia, psychosis, or dissociative identity disorder? Nobody has even voted yet, and I'm already confused.

We start at the high functioning autism and work your way through the psycho zone...

Post by NoAge on Nov 2, 2011 20:37:23 GMT -5

Also, in the spirit of the new game (and since no one has voted yet), how about everyone throws out their traditional voting partners and votes for someone else. We keep having a first round where the partners all pair up and the vote is ultimately left to one person. Then someone changes their vote, then just about everyone. This then, for the most part, leaves us with two townies in a run off. If we break the voting partner thing, I feel we will have a better chance snuffing out a mafia on the first round.Everyone with me?

Post by krunchykat on Nov 2, 2011 20:57:43 GMT -5

Also, in the spirit of the new game (and since no one has voted yet), how about everyone throws out their traditional voting partners and votes for someone else. We keep having a first round where the partners all pair up and the vote is ultimately left to one person. Then someone changes their vote, then just about everyone. This then, for the most part, leaves us with two townies in a run off. If we break the voting partner thing, I feel we will have a better chance snuffing out a mafia on the first round.Everyone with me?

I think that may be a good idea. I'll null my vote until there is more input.

Post by El-D on Nov 2, 2011 21:11:13 GMT -5

Also, in the spirit of the new game (and since no one has voted yet), how about everyone throws out their traditional voting partners and votes for someone else. We keep having a first round where the partners all pair up and the vote is ultimately left to one person. Then someone changes their vote, then just about everyone. This then, for the most part, leaves us with two townies in a run off. If we break the voting partner thing, I feel we will have a better chance snuffing out a mafia on the first round.Everyone with me?

I don't have voting partners, I just live by the code. I kill Mafia, only kill those who will kill innocent people.

Post by bonzai on Nov 3, 2011 12:44:39 GMT -5

Thanks Mike D! And along the internetless comment- I will probably be super quiet and/or silent besides the hours of 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM. I have no power at my apartment and even when that gets back, I can't guarantee that I'll have internet and cable! Just as a heads up!! I really hope that it gets fixed soon though!